The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1887-11-03

one party more than another. The uBS.
ernor hes shown that he can rise above
the politleal dsaAsosas aad bs . staGbs.
man In the ssus msaniat Of the wotd.
The psopls will Stand By 0overnor Fofi
aker In the course he hes deemed Il bis
duty 10 take on this ill Important ques-
ton.
ISSUE no TWO.
The repeal Of the Black laws has given
the Democracy much pain. II wss Ger.
tsinly an unnecessary outrage upon the
rights Of white people tba. the only
statutory barriers against ''nigyer hus-
bands" should have been removed by
the last Republican Legislature. II
there ever was q doctrine which might
b considered purslv Democratic Il was
The good old docttns that "the negro
has 40 rights which the white man ID
boSnd 10 respect" Powell 4 90. spend
. large paFt Of their time 10 decryine
this outfags. Il 10 true that, with the
,sual Democratic consistency, the sdi.
torial small. fry, In . number II places
where coloted teacher are employed in
distinctivsly colorsd schools, have urged
the cclofed man to "be true 70 his man.
hood" aud march with the victorious
Democratic hosts TO the ballot boz 10 70.
buke the robbery sought 70 be commit.
ted upon the poor school teachsr, but
generally the changes are runy to the
old tune Of the ant. .bellumites.
But our old mossback friends, for
whose delectation Issue NJ. 2 has been
raised, have apparently failed TO see the
spectre in the Party graveyard, where
one after the other good old Democratic
doctrines have been laid to rest.
Governor Hoadly must perforcs bs
taken a. authority by both mossbacks
and kids. No one will presume to dis.
pute his position in,the party. While
In the Governors chair he unwittingly
shook the filling out Of any possible ia.
ture issue to be raised by his party
against negro rights. No explanation Il
required to show that the Republican
Legislature but followed The recon.
mendation contained in Governer Hoad.
ley's message, given to it, Democratic
predecessor, which we copy word for
word. In the words Of the Plain Dealer
concerning Governor Foraker's tax mes.
sage, the recommendation OF Hoadley
was "statesmanlike, wise and proper. -
Said our Democratic Governor to the
Sixty.seventh General Assembly:
"Equal civil rights are enjoyed BY all
our citizens except those possessing .
visible admixture Of African blood.
recommend the repeal of all laws dis.
eliminating between citizens ou account
of color. These are both wrong and op.
pressive. The most oppressive are those
which permit the condemnation Of col.
ored children, without accusation or
trial, t. the punishment Of compulsory
non-association In the common schools
with white children, 70 educatiou esssn
inferior, and IN places inconvsniently
remote from the residences Of the par.
ents. This d badge Of servitude hav.
ing the effect to degrade, and keenly
felt BY many most worthy colored people,
as In effect stamping them - unworthy
of equal privileges. I am aware that In
many parts Of the State much prejudice
exists against mixed schools, but, curl
ously enough, this feeling Is manifested,
not where the colorsd children ut upon
the same benches with the white child
rem, but whore they do not not whore
the experiment of mixed schools has
been, but where it has not been tried.
Wherever in the State separate schools
have been done away with, the people
are satis6ed, and the mixed schools are
successful, - may be seen In Columbus
and many other town and cities, - we'll
~ rural neighborhoods. Although ON.
courased by law, this race prejudice l.
slowly yielding either TO the growing
belief that It 10 wrong, or to the pressure
of the taxation necessary to maintain
separate schools" 20
Issue NO. THREE
Has been moro frequently harped upon
than any other Of the campaign. It 10
probably tho most consoiing issue, and
the one. which causes the broadsst smile
to illumine the average Democratic feat.
ure. Fraud! Frsudi cries PowslA
and the pack bay In unison. ''Agrsat-
. monstrous wrong was done, ,"ssys Pow
ell. "when Bob Kennedy overthrow the
rules prepared by our constitutionally